Rolled front fused collar



March 10, 1936.

R. c. CAMPBELL ROLLED FRONT FUSED COLLAR Filed Sept. 25, 1955 Rm Y m Wmm m ma n lC A 0 Richard BY M Y WITNESSES Patented Mar. 10, 1936 umrosrArs PATENT orria ROLLED FRONT FUSEB) CQLL Application September 25,1935, Serial No. 42,133

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to fused collars and more particularly toa turn-down 01' fold collar of that type generally known as a rolledfront collar.

The object of the invention is to so construct the collar that the foldline between the cape portion and the neck band portion will bepositioned within the boundaries of the cape portion of the collar on aline immediately above and closely adjacent to a line extending betweenthe angles formed by the front edges of the cape portion and theprojecting tabs at each end of the neck band portion, and so formed thatin turning down the cape portion not only will it be caused toautomatically assume a position with relationto the neck band portion soas to leave adequate space between them, but give to the ends of thecape portion at the top of the front when the collar is worn a rollingcontour, thus providing for the free slipping of the tie and its readyadjustment, with the rolled ends of the cape portion accommodating theknot as formed in the usual four-in-hand ties.

To the above ends the invention may be said to consist of a fused collarcomprising an interlining formed of a cape portion and a neck bandportion having longitudinally curved edges united by a seam extendingalong an upwardly curved or arched line, with the overlapping margins ofthe two parts of the interlining defining a curved line located adjacentto the fold between the neck band portion and the cape portion with theends of the fold line slightly above the apex of the angles formed bythe adjacent marginal edges of the cape portion and the projecting tabsof the neck band portion of the collar.

The present invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which-Fig. 1 shows a plan view of a collar embodying the invention, a portionof an outer layer being broken away at one end to show the underlyingconstruction;

Fig. 2 shows the cape portion of the interlinins;

Fig. 3 shows the neck interlining;

Fig. 4 shows a vertical line l-4 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 shows a vertical line 55 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 6 shows a perspective of the finished collar;

band portion of the section taken on the section taken on the Fig. '7shows a modified form of the neck band portion of the interlining.

As usual, the collar comprises a cape portion l and a neck band portion2. Also, as usual, it is provided with outer finished plies of material5 3 of any suitable shirting, only one of which is shown in Fig. l.

The interlining is made of fusible material, such as a textile fabric,some of the yarns of which carry acetate cellulose strands, and 10 isinterposed between the outer layers 3, and all of such layers includingthe interlining are united by stitching in the usual manner as indicatedat i. As usual in collars of this type, the neck band portion 2 isprovided at each end with projecting tabsv 5 with the inclined ends oredges ii of the cape portion and the upper edges of the tabs 5 meetingat an angle 7, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the cape portion it of theinterlining and the neck band portions are formed with curved meetingedges it and i i, the curve til along the lower edge of the cape portion8 of the interlining being concaved or arched from end to end, as shownin Fig. 2, and the curved edge ll of the neck band portion 9 being aconvex curve, as shown in Fig. 3.

The members 8 and 9 of the interlining are overlapped along theiradjacent curved edges, as indicated in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, and may beunited by a line of stitching as indicated at l2. Preferably the capeand neck band portions 8 and t of the interlining will be provided withshoulders it at their opposite ends, these shoulders serving as guidesfor assembling the members 8 and 9 with relation to each other, so thatwhen united the overlapped portions will form a double layer or seamwhich projects into the cape portion of the collar along a curved orarched line extending above an imaginary line connecting the angles iiat each end thereof. Thus the doubled and overlapping edges at theinterlining will define a folding line located wholly within the capeportion of the collar (see broken line Fig. 1), said folding line beingcurved from end to end and not only requiring that the cape portion befolded along a line above the overlap seam in the interlining but whenfolded will automatically produce the rolled or rounded union of thecape portion and the neck band portion at the top of the front of thecollar, as shown at M m Fig. 6, and located above the overlapped tabs 5and above the angles l as shown in that figure.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the outer layers it are shown and preferably they willbe made of one piece,

that is to say, band portion lining 8 and 9 each layer will constitute aneck and a. cape portion. The interand the overlapping edges l and theseam [2 when the collar is completed W111 be positioned with relation toeach other, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. After the parts have been unitedas described, the interlining will be fused and united to the innerfaces, of the outer layers in the usual manner.

The collar as thus made will have all the properties of a fused collar,as to smooth appearance, resistance to moisture, and capable of beinglaundered without the use of starch, and at the same time when foldedthe cape portion will automatically assume a rounded and rolledappearance at the top of the front, as shown in Fig. 6. The permanentset and relative positions of the cape portion and the neck band portionof the collar imparted by the curved lap seam in the interlining willmake it practically impossible to destroy the roll effect at the fronteven though it be intentionally ironed or pressed down, for just as soonas the tie is knotted therein the roll effect will be restoredautomatically.

As shown in Fig. 7, the neck band portion 9 of the interlining may beprovided with notches H in its upper curved edge I I at opposite endsperforming the same function as the shoulders l3 but resulting in theformation of tabs 5 of a slightly different shape than the tabs shown inFig. 6.

I claim:

A turn down rolled front fused collar, comprising a cape portion and aneck band portion, the latter having projecting tabs on each end, theends of the cape portion and the upper edges of the tabs meeting at anangle, the collar being formed of single piece outer plies and a wovenfusible interlining therebetween, the interlining comprising a capeportion and a neck band portion each having longitudinally extendingcurved or arched edges united to form an overlapping seam, theoverlapping portions projecting into the cape portion with the ends ofthe overlapping portions extending to the edges of the cape portion andterminating at points above the angles formed by the projecting tabs ofthe neck band portion and the ends of the cape portion and defining afold line entirely within the cape portion along said arched seam, theouter plies and the interlining being fused together in both the capeand neck band portions.

RICHARD C. CAMPBELL.

